Третий квартал: King обходит Blizzard

THIRD QUARTER 2019 SEGMENT RESULTS Q3 Segment Net Revenues: $209M $394M $500M Q3 Segment Operating Income: $26M 12% operating margin $74M 19% operating margin $194M 39% operating margin Key Highlights: • Key contributors were Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in-game and upfront revenues and ongoing sales of Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled • Segment revenues lower Y/Y against a comparable that included the revenues of Destiny: Forsaken • Strong World of Warcraft Classic performance in the quarter • Segment revenues lower Y/Y against a comparable that included the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth expansion • Candy Crush franchise revenues grew Y/Y with the ads business almost doubling over the same period • Segment revenues roughly flat Y/Y and Q/Q

На изображении показана таблица результатов Activision, Blizzard и King за третий квартал 2019 года. Шутка строится на сравнении выручки: мобильная игровая компания King с Candy Crush получила больше, чем Blizzard с World of Warcraft Classic, что подчёркивает неожиданное превосходство мобильных игр над крупными компьютерными и консольными проектами. Такой мем используют как саркастическую реакцию на состояние игровой индустрии и успех мобильных игр. EN: The image shows a table of Activision, Blizzard, and King’s third-quarter 2019 results. The joke comes from comparing revenue: the mobile gaming company King, driven by Candy Crush, earned more than Blizzard with World of Warcraft Classic, highlighting the unexpected dominance of mobile games over major PC and console projects. This meme is used as a sarcastic reaction to the state of the gaming industry and the success of mobile games.

• @dustinthehead / 586 2019-11-08